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TIL that there is an actual medical term called “Sense of Impending Doom”

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6BNm TIL, New Rome Ohio, a small town with 60 residents and 14 police officers, raised nearly $400,000 annually from speeding tickets.
N7reP TIL almost all coins used in Israel today are based on ancient designs found in archeological digs. The Bank of Israel actually mints coins that are designed to look like ancient Israeli coins from antiquity.
6gdW TIL that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, resisted an effort by network executives to put a Christian chaplain on the crew of the Enterprise
ykZw TIL that a U.S. Army Captain’s base pay is $46,026 a year, while a Roman Centurion received 38.58 ounces of gold annually. Using the current market gold price of $1200 an ounce, that comes out to $46,296.
oRVn8 TIL that if you have a Brazil nut allergy, you can develop an allergic reaction if you have sex with someone who had recently consumed Brazil nuts. A study in 2007 documented the first case of a sexually transmitted allergic reaction to Brazil nuts.